Most Useful Microsoft HoloLens Applications For Engineers
Microsoft hoped the HoloLens 2 announcement would be the biggest story about the company’s flagship mixed-reality (MR) headset line this week. (more…)
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Month: February 2019
Chams Offers E-Voting Solutions For Successful Elections
Chams, an indigenous Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, has said that Nigeria can leverage on its identity management solution to eliminate the operational and logistics issues hampering the successful conduct of elections in Nigeria. The firm also assured its shareholders of brighter prospects, following the successful outcome of a
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Energizer Unveils Radical Phone With Massive Battery, Lasts For 48 Hours Of Continuous Use
Energizer has released an extra chunky smartphone that's as thick as three iPhones stacked on top of one another. The Energizer Power Max P18K Pop is no small design feat, sporting an 18,000 mAh battery that's a whopping 18mm thick. The phone is essentially a brick with a screen that promises 48
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‘Smart’ Wound Dressing Will Automatically Monitor Healing And Infection, Prevent Amputations
A ‘smart’ wound dressing will automatically monitor healing and infection, potentially reducing the 7,000 annual lower limb amputations for people with diabetes in England. The disposable dressing would use fibre optic sensors and a standalone opto-electronic unit with smartphone connectivity to monitor multiple biomarkers, including temperature, humidity and pH. It will
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Port Harcourt, Kano Airport Ready To Get International Certification
The certification of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport and Port Harcourt International Airport are now in the final stages, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has said. The airports are being certified by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to meet the safety standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation for
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First UAE Astronaut To Lift-Off In September
The first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates will blast off into space on Sept. 25 on a trip to the International Space Station, authorities announced Monday. Either military pilot Hazza al-Mansoori or engineer Sultan al-Neyadi will be the first Emirati in space, part of an ambitious space program for this
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5G Is Materializing: What Can We Expect?
This year the telecoms industry will begin the transition to new fifth-generation cellular networks — known as 5G — which is expected to one day help run everything from self-driving cars to robot surgeons. The successor to the current 4G network technology introduced commercially in 2009 promises nearly instantaneous transfers
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TCN Upgrades Alaoji Transmission Substation
The electricity transmission capacity of the Alaoji transmission substation of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has been upgraded to 750 megavolt amp (MVA) from 450MVA, making it the biggest of its kind on southern Nigeria, the TCN has said. According to a statement from the General Manager, Public Affairs of
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How FG Failed To Deliver Its Promise On Power Supply
In October 2018, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, had promised Nigerians that nationwide power supply will get better with an anticipated addition of 945 megawatts (MW) of electricity into the grid before the end of that year. Fashola, had while speaking at a business breakfast meeting
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Facebook Content Moderators Using Drugs While On Break, Routinely High At Work
In an article, the Verge documented the work lives of Facebook content moderators working at the contractor Cognizant, and detailed the problems that the moderators face. “The moderators told me it’s a place where the conspiracy videos and memes that they see each day gradually lead them to embrace fringe views,”
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